Q: My butcher block kitchen table is 1 1/2 inches thick and 38 inches in diameter. The varnished surface is badly pitted and some of the polyurethane varnish has peeled. Can I refinish it myself? The ...

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And thus was butcher block born — along with John Boos & Co., which made them (John was Conrad’s son, and he adapted the idea for the butcher). Today, if you have a butcher block countertop, table or ...